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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-7-21, Page 22 HIS HEIRESS, OR, LOVE IS ALWAYS THE SAME. Perhaps ho b hardly aware with what Waage earneswuse hi nit k perusing his ,ouutenance. 1lurtel see- nm•ethw;; :deed Oen that wales harit will ;urcly be hvtse :o bring herself into prominent,' in bis tight, eo long as *he has 'salines inher train. amt to mad tit of wilfaimes. i s epee her, and t .0/aging to sane f hunt t ,a it the tire so unmistakably eilderieg within him will burst at her voiee int.. a dame. "It is so worm here, it stn.', en m jays to Staines, "C'oul:• into the hall," She mr, vee slowly thromsh -the throe go 1 room toward the phaco where her buslmel stands, but as she rottehrs it, she sees he has quitted his peeitiou, au,i is now moving iudotantly away from her, toward smite dis- used rooms. Posseaaed by her one idea, she Potholes him—Staines always beside her—into a side room half lighten and void of decoration. Lady Branksmere, not seeing soma loose wire iu time din] light, catches her foot awk- wardly in it, and stunul'les. She sways nervously, and puts out hat arms as if with an inyoluotaty deemed for heap ; a little rounded " Oh !" of alarm breaks from her lips. With an exclamation, Staines springs forward and catehes her, His fingers close warmly rotund her lovely naked arms ; He 's rudely awakened to the prcaent by an arm that coming between him and Lady Branksmere, hurls him backward to where rho wall checks and supports him. When he recovers himself, it is to find Branksmere staring at hint with an nnpleas- autly savage longing on his dark, swarthy face. Staines goes dawn before that look, and stands, panting heavily, against the friendly wall. Lady lirauksmere has shaken herself free From her husband's grasp. She las thrown alp her small, gneenly head, and is regard. in' hint fixedly, Not aword is spoken. A strange hor- rible sileuca aeons to oppress all three, At length when it has grown almost beyond endurarue, Branksmere breaks it. He burets into a harsh, grating laugh. "I fear, Captain Staines, that my inter- ferouce was rather a rough one," he says, nighty, " liut when you rainetnber my ex- 'ese of neat arose out of my anxiety for , Lady liranksulere's safety, I feel sons you Will pardon cry seeming diosourteey. One or two old world Lrliefs still cline to ate, I'. as absurd enough to nen ;y, that I, as her husband was the one to rescue her in—a 1 •, Iola such as this.'' Captain Staines bows en ucicn owledg men 1 of this curiously worded apolog,y. "I had forgotten the strength of my arm. did not hurt you I trust !" says Branks- mere, with a laugh, slow and. cruel. He removes his gene slowly from Staines and bonds it of his wife—who returns it aatehtily, You have escaped this time," he says, slowly, "But if you will permit me to advise , I should recommend you to avoid tnfregne:Wed places in the Future. Beaten paths are best. And—one may trip onoe o atten 1" `" Sound advice," she returns, "flay I opo, my lord, that yourself will take it to tclarc• Thee, her whole humor changes, and she urns to Staines with the old, calm listless• eau upon her. ' This way evidently leads no -whither," :lee says, indifferently. "Let us return o civilization." •She sweeps leisurely toward the door by Licit she had entered, and once again niers the world of light without. Slowly, ith an unmoved front, she passes down whe long cool hall ; peat Margery, pale, ith 'downcast eyes ; past Lord Primrose in t shady nook proposing once again to Lady 0.ane ; past all these and many more goes Lady Braukamere, with Staines always eaide her, and always with head erect and t calm brow, though in her soul is raging tumult of passioeate wrath that increases other than dies as the moments go by. CHATEIi XXXI. Mrs. Amyot looks up at Lady l3ranks ttere, brushes paw the cozy nook that con• Wins her' and regards her euriouly, "She is as impassive as a ephittx," she Jays. "Scareely, tree chore; elle is safe to creak out later on," nimrnturs )lre, 'Vyner, 'Lepel/Illy. "'fake heart 1" "If that be so , she will tail herself pees. stilly the center figure of an imbroglio that I for one should prefer steering clear of. P hew is sonething odd about Branksieere's Jeyes. Ever noticed it ?" " Neither that nor anything else about tint. lnstinot long eines warned me he oesu't admire me, and I neva, waste my tae." ' I am afraid your little story about Lady iranksmere and Staines has some founds. fou." ' What are you afraid of +" " .R'011, I should le sorry, if matters went , far, I like Branksmere, and I tolerate Ot, though I grant you she is at times a egroe innposoible," "If you said she is on rare occasions a I ogree poeaible I might follow you, As it s—I have often warned you, my good Shlld, that those quiet ones are never to e trusted, and I expect we shall have an xplosiot at the castle next autumn, ' tint, hush ! here mines the colonel, and I 0110W no one who so cordially detests scan - /al 0.5 that priceless fossil." "Except ane," supplements lolre, Atnyut, ' when it is directed a'_einst myself. " I never feel like that," smiles Jlrs, o'yner, .serenely. The kunwledge that the caudal was undeserved would, in may case, 'Mae Inc above such weak fancies." • "` Ah !" says )Mrs, Amyot, " If the colonel means coming, I wish he'd lo it, and get over it," exclaims Mra, Vy.- tor, "He was steering for us with all Saila t let, and scolding iu his eye a moment ago, I teed now he has Colne to anther by Lady i aline. How I wish site would keep him 1 `.prover, There is a present, now, I would nake her without regret." "It has always been a )natter of specula• ,ion to me why on earth )you married him." "He has a few pence, returns her friend 1 mildly. "And I always hope he won't die tntil he has come in for the Bollair title Dad diamonds, and made me 'my lady.' I ieaides, I don't think there was anyone ,leo just then," "There was always Tom," e' Tool with an accent of unqualified r worn. '1 wonder if Tam could telt you at , Itis moment w1ethcr ho has five pounds or I lase th0nsaurl in the world, Now what sudor heaven would lhavedone with Torn? Ito is all very well, 1 grant you, as this, or I 1 .a that, bat 00 a husband ! No, thank 1 Pott 1 For the rest 1 am positive if yen 1 Vero to analyze, it, one .man 1a a, i o 01 asf ,mother," I I "There is a nettle brr a loess ahem yaw , I Uwe that ono won 14 do well to foto) she•,• sus r lira, Aieyoi, arlrniril>gly, 'Town, mye•jf, f to a silly premier mtf.a: ,r yelte. Ah! limeroars5' 111' +r i1i 1 at Lao. 11 tanks as it he were u6out t , fa—J..1 eat eta of hi, int its r,'„iumut-, for mrant ex' •ution," "11' i, only gnus to order 001 hunts', IT,,u 1 Lc til u'Itte 1, 1 shan't d sea,. ylre. Vetter, sone t)ly. lle always nn alhe., a ppgtitt of removing nm• when he thinks I'm having a e'.1 tine, 1 roufess I have Leen 1. in pretty well to -night, and he has tt perfect talent fur' kmowiug twhett l'n on- ,loyieg novseli." ,1 wololer yon 0rc net 0 little afraid of hint t there in something 'doom his under lam'--that— "No. I am net afraid. You knew that cough! of his, ElIrida \Pest 1 1 seemed a little secret of his out of her, that will stand to me it he ever dares to twit me with any of my shortoomingte" "She betrayed hint?" She sold him for forty pounds. I paid horthat down for it. She always is hard top that poor El £ride ! mid her woman had wgiven her to understated that she would ait no longer far her loll. So she gave away Ole colonel," " 13 hat a bore these dressmakers are ! One would think one could have money for then. the moment they chose to aslt for it," "I was immensely obliged to Elfrida's woman Inc all that. Out of simple gratitude - I gave her quite a large order the week later, Yes, doesn't the old man look fur. ions 1 IN has he heard now, I wonder?" Perhaps he is tired," suggests Mrs, myon, kindly, "Borne down by the bur. den and heat of the evening, he ie naturally anxious to get hone," "He is unnaturally Anxious to spoil my sport. To see me happy is to see him regu- larly on the champ, Ile is, I assure you, Ole very dearest old thing 1" says the col- onel's wife, gayly. "I hope yeti don't wrong him," persists \Ire. Amyot, "he is old, yon know ; he may be sleepy." "He is old enough, in alioonselence. Oue might perhaps indeed say he is old enough to be once again young enough to be eager Inc an early couch 1 but that is not his ail- ment." ' \\ ell, I dare say he is a little wearing at times," she says, leniently. "He is about the most nnnitigated nuis- ance I know," returns the chartniug man's wife promptly, He has come up to her by this time. lle is a tall, soldierly -looking man, at least thirty -fire years older than she is, with an imposing moustache. What'e the hour, eh? Not going to stay here all night, eh, eh 1" " It is dull, isn't it ?" responds Mrs. Vyner. "I had loped, darling;, seeing you so gay all night that you had not felt it, but as for me -1 am positively done to death," " Humph 1" says the colonel, " Are you coning home now ? These mixed assemblies are very trying, don't.you think ? The butcher and the baker and the candlestick•maker, you know, or at least their equivalents, in the rear of our own set, Don't let me hurry }•ou, Douglas, but I con- fess I should he glad to put a termination to this dreadful evening." " ioI—tn—ns ?' says the colonel. " It didn't occur to me that you were dull to- " o - I hope I shall never so far forget my self as to look eounyfe," smiles airs. Vyner, sweetly. " lint to you the truth surely may be confessed. I have endured agonies since I entered this house. Indeed, 1 should say plainly that I have been insufferably bored, only I know that would vex you, be- cause it would not be nice to the poor coma ty, But really these mixed entertainments are vary trying, and this ono is even a trifle more higgledy-piggledy than its fellow's." 01 1 yes, I have been very. )lull, Very 1" " The fact of its beteg mixed is a special reason why we should. be careful to cast no slight uponit,"returns the colonel. "These —or—strange people have theirsensil>ilities as well as we others. heltiahnesa, and—er —open disregard of the feelings of those not pile in our own class are defeats that Amid be crushed !" "l'ou are elweys right," she murmurs presently, but I do No »' ., I.0 go ]tome," " I see the du'•hcs has not y'et gene. Perhaps to avoid even the appearance 01 giving offense we Led better stay another Lour," He wulka oil with his most military stiff. news, " hear old man 1" breathes ifs wife. "How generous 1 haw nnble•tninded! how self-aact•iticing he is I See how willing he is to resign has own comfort and linger on here in a social martyrdom for an hour long- er, now that he believes that I an—not en - toying myself I Ah 1 Sir Robert, any me at lost? What a time you have been absent. I quite thought you had been malting it.' CHAPTER XXXII. The heavy, hot silence that is lying over everything out of doors, seems to have rush- ed inward and wrapped all the house fn its languor. The stillness that reigns all round is great enough to be felt ; no footsteps fall noon the tessellated floors, no gay laughter rings through the deserted gar- dens. They have all started on their four- tcen•ntile drive through the richly wooded country to the t0nuto match at Lady Blount's' All save Lady Anne, avh, had gone down to the tillage t0 eco the vicar's wife and Lady Branksmere eel—Staines. Over ltranksmere the etlllness remains unbr'oket, save for the discordant scream of the strutting petcock upon the terraces without. At last there renes e.rnstlo of soft garments in thetdim hall, and ono of the big dogs gives himself a mighty slake, and goes to meet his mistress' Abnost at the same instant a aide door is slowly opened, and Captain ,Staines emerges from fie gloom beyond. "Clood•morning, or, rather, good•even. ng, nolo," he says, taking her proffered land, "True," returns she. "It is already noon." "roar headache is hatter?" asps he. "1 knew the intolerable heat last night was weed to make yott ill, The arrangements were far from perfect. They have made a prisoner of you MI the morning," "Asa rule, neither heat nor cold affects me' -in fact, nothing does match," replies she calmly, "But I confess troy head was u trouble to me to•,lay. "I have been thinking that perha s half an hoar or So on the island would 110 you good," says Supines, "There is eearcely time, is there?' She glmc:es up at th" clock. 'It is now very nearly four. Those people will Lo coming home again, ;and will expert me to he hero to ghee theta their tea," "Tat,'. that will trot be for leen...," re• orte he gayly. "Not until you have had hilt, to be thou: and leak ugaiu, over end ,ear, I l r e ni:,• you 01411 hu baelt here• Lr• ore they are," THE BRUSSELS POST, h'ix 21, 1S(1:3 •i'ita , ,u• 1 to Of t t ndc if cold, r I ti t to the ielan 1 eiel home agate fn tw•r hem Now that you have put it into m] 1- •ail 1 feel a:, if the lake is the our thing desire. ill,, for a bree,-e 1 Atnl then ?Mel' lea ee,;all ate thele," ".1 (elegem. rxmelttair,u," trice he, gas' 1v, " L, I us s!art at orae., then, 11 you cul dx +' u, insult upon ^t I t 1, t. It will 1 m u11 r n it 'u• 1 I HEALTH. , salt hcnln'd !" And then, no she tutees y , away from hint through the dark old hall, he follows hve 1,1 sale a last impressive e 1 5rnr11, 1 Remember there is always n remedy!" be at Millets, in 0low tone, ('r„ nr eo':rievet,t retest),11 the tine you say is imperative,' I 'me to moving ewes' from tui, 0111 w}'an u.cut mow may bring 11ratl.nn,er I1,0,:c to keep the appoiutumut with Muriel, of which she is ignorant, talc r1 1 1 Sl,inee has pk•dged hinteelf to pre vent. t btu', then," 0he says, langni'lly Lein; atm 'ly Prepared for an afternoon Ntroll. The walk theme -al the shady wood be math the eeeited pines is rich with a su'oo fragrance. The way has seemed nolthc long nor wearying, and it appears a sort surprise to Muriel whets at last they cont to its end and emerge upon the borders o the lake, where efts a ferryman to row th visitors to the exquisite little island, oboe half a anile from the shore. Stepping into the boat, Muriel, with vague Sellae et rest and pleasure (1111 spm her draws off her glove and We one whit slender hand drag idly through the pleaettn water. Leisurely the boatman plies hi oar, and presently brings then) to the tin beeeli that belongs to the island, She ha almost forgotten the existence of Staines this vague new-born peace of hors, and i altogether unaware that he has lingers behind her to say tt word or two to the for ryman. Presently, however, who hear hits hurrying after Iter. "You told the man to wait," she asks anxiously. "Yon know my stay here mus be short." " I told him that," reassuringly. " warned hint you should be home by a aortaln hour, so I suppose it will be all right, Le us forget time for the moment,"gayly, "an try to enjoy to the full this dolicions after noon." A little trembling wind has arisen, and is blowing right into their faces. It is s blessed a thing, that Lady Brankener throws off her hat and gives her brining forehead to iia cooling caress. After a time she sights wearily and rise to her feet. "Come let us return," site says. "It is already past the Mut." He rises, too, and she going first and he following they arrive again at the smal peach. It is deeertel, "Hew to this'" asks she coldly looking round at hint, "It is very extraordinary—it is moon eoivable," say's Staines, "I can't imagine how the fellow could have misunderstood ate, and yet—" "You told him to wait?' i TRYING TO PREVENT HAILSTORMS, e .l French $rirnl1,1's Flan for thane 1i11es 1 tend Ett'i'lrit' Currents., Colonel Bement in, the well•kniwn French manor logiet, emuunuces that he ]las made , an important dier•nve'ary• in otnulection with 1 the formation of hailstones, and also a method of preventing the phenomena from which they uriee. "Since the origin of t meteorology," says Colonel llandonin, "vee- r funs theories lave been advanced as In the f formation of hail, and even now exports o nae far from being unanimous in their nein. f ions on that subject, The difficulty Lae et been to explain wiry, dation fine weather 1 and menwienally on the hottest clays, hail- stones aometinles loll in considerable quail. a titles. Another question which has never 1 been satisfactorily settled is as to whether o they aro formed to the upper straw of the t atmosphere or near the earth, My re. s searches have been based on Ampere's nmy- y im that 'currents going in the same dime- s Lien attract, and those going in opposite u directions repel, each other,' In our at. a neospltere it frequently occurs that wiude d blowing in contrary directions are super- - posed, and that elonde travelling with the a wind pass over each other. if taw temper- ature is at all high the I ower aloud tends , to rise, naturally foreleg the spper t one to rise also. Several clouds sailing in different directions may thus be superposed, I each nue driving time other up higher until the uppermost one attains an elevation t where the cold is such that it is congealecl. d The ice then falls by reason of its weight. Each particle of ice in falling through a lower cloud is condensed and dampened. Part of the water covering it evaporates, o and the rest forms a now Layer of ice, the e proem being repeated as the hailstone traverecs each successive cloud. This fact can be demonstrated by nutting a hailstone e in two, when the layers of ice of which it is farmed can be seen by the aid of a Magni• fyieg glass. Each layer of ice represents a cloud through tvhiclt the hailstone has passed Leforcreaching the earth, From )hie 1 theory 1 conclude that by suppressing one or two of the intermediary Moeda the upper. most one would not be forced Lo such a height as to experience the cold necessary to change it into toe. A cloud can be sup- pressed by depriving it of its clectrioity, thereby eeustug it to fall in the shape of rain. To obtain this result I employ a large tailless kite carrying an cleotrfe ap- paratus. My experiments have been most successful, and I expect very shortly to submit a full report to the Aeadetny of Science, end subsorinently to put my in- vention into practised case." "No. But I very fully eeplttined to him that you wished to be home at a certain hour. I ant awfullysorry if any mistake of mine has caused—" "That is of no consequence at all," she says, coutemptuoasly. 'The thing now to be considered is what is best to be done," "He eau not be mall longer away." begins Staines, eagerly, Half past fire already," she exclaims, addressing h crself, It is now close on six o'clock, and still no signs of the ferryman. Good heavens, if he wore to forget to come at all 1 As this horrible thought suggests itself the blood surges wildly up into her face. What will be thought of her by Mrs, Vyner, with her sneering amile, by Mrs. Amyot, with her amused ono? What will be thought by Her teeth close savagely upon her under ftp, and she turns suddenly upon Staines with a fierce vehemence. "Do something 1" she cries. "What can I do?" desperately. "All that is left nae is to toll you how bitterly I regret—" All the regret of which you could be °apaole would not get me home a minute sooner," declares she, impetuously. "Why don't you act? Why do you stand there with that incapable look upon your face? Surely something oen be done. There must be a way of attracting the attention of one on the opposite shore. Is there no signal you eau make to the ratan? He may be there, he may, hear you. The day—oft no, the evening is so still, that any sound willoarry tint short distance. Try some. thing—anything," "There is no need, the elan is coming," returns he, pointing across the lake to where a boat can he seen, Presently it is out in the more open water, and in about ten minutes or so lie reaches them. Staines goes up to him. "What do you mean by being an hour late?" he demands in a loud, angry key. Her interview with Brenksmere is now an impossibility, and Ods solitary ramble will damage her in the eyes of her husband. " I'tn not late, air. It is not yet six 0 clock." ' I desired you to be back hereat five sharp," declares Staines. " Six, sir, begging your pardon," says the man firmly. ' Five, I told you 1 It is unpardonable her ladyship should be subjected to such neglect." I am very sorry my lady," mutters the man. 'But I quite thought es hoW the gentleman had said six," "You shouldn't think," says Staines, but Lady Branksmere ;Awoke him, " Enough has been said," elle decides, quietly, ' I1 was a mistake it appears, Lot It mat, The thing is to get home um With as little more delay as possible." The row morose the lake is a eilent one, and Muriel springs upon the land with a sigh of relief, Staines, pressing half a sovereign into the ferryman's hand, anent - patties her swiftly down the narrow wood• land petit, \i'hat'e that for now, I wonder?" Ho ponders t5 himself. "Ho don't look like a gent as would be free w ith his tin. To kocp silence, is it? Eh 1 Bat I knew 'twerp six 'e said." Otte ray of comfort alone sustains her ; she remembers that Braukamero seldom re• terns from town until the seven o'clook train, and surely she will be safe in her own room before that, As for the others, she any escape them. She may, and does for five minstaa or so, but Brankamero is standing in one of the open windows as she and Staines comedown the avenue. Mine. von Thirsk Is sitting in a low wloker•ohairname him. "Ali 1" she orbs, " here is lady liranka- mere at last I We all know how difficult ft is to drag 0110'0 self away from—the warmth of an evening such as this ; but I am glad that she Ions managed to gat home before the arrival of the others. Mrs. Vyuot"e tongue is sharply pointed." She sights, and moves toward the door. llraniteuere nualcoc hor no reply, His eyes have met a oriels and are resting on then, both oen x00 that the other'a face liar grown at rehgely pale. After a moment or So, l.lrenlcsmoro drops hie glance 0511 leaves the window. " That woman again I" mutters Muriel between 1101• tenth. Her voice is very low, but Saunas heard her, " 1 have )already warned you," be re- ,F'IRSTUSE OF GOAL. if \Yes a Novelly In tea and 00'as Preceded by Wool and a hereon'. Though coal has been employed for cen- turies in the manufacture of salt on the shores of the coalfields wood had hitherto continued to be the fuel at the inland salt works. The use of coal 0t Nantwicb is mentioned as a novelty in 1666. Drow'ieh wood fuel and leaden pans were in use up till 1601. Lt this era the sea -salt manufao• Wire was in the zenith of its prosperity, Bnt the substitution of coal for wood in the island salt trade, aided by the discov- ery of rook salt, which took plan aooideltt- ally in boring for coal in Cheshire in 1080, led to the general decline and final extinc- tion of the manufacture of salt on the coast. The only traces now remaining of this once flourishing industry exist on such names as Howden Pans on the Tyne, Pres. tonpane an the Forth, Saltocats fn Ayrshire and Saltpens in Arran and Kintyre, or in the Scottish proverb, " Cara, salt to Dy. sort," synonymous with the l+,nglish, "Carry coal toh'swoastle." In no branch of industry was the scarcity of wood more keenly felt than in the smelting of the motalliferoue ores, Continued efforts to accomplish this with coal began itmnediately after the acmes. sion of ,Tames I,, and were persevered in throughout the seventeenth century. But for a prolonged period the 11055' fuel proved very intractable mud scheme after scheme ended in failure and disappointment, After eighty years of oft•repealod trials the tantalizing problem remained unsolved. Wood and charcoal still held the field in the smelting fufnaoea, and all hope of over see. ing coal substituted for them had well nigh died out. In 1686 Sir John Pettus, in his "Essays on Words Metalltek," concludes his observations regarding se0 coal and pit coal with the remark:--" These are not useful to 'notate." 1l'he unpromising pros• pent, however, aeon began to brighten. Immediately after the revival of Ind and copper mining, which took place about 1605 having ptobably been more or less in abeyance since the interruptions caused by the otvil wars—these ores came to bo emelt• ed wltit co01. The extraction of silver from lead with ooal was a000npltshod by a Mr. Lydal in 1907 and the sane individual appears to have been rho first to successfully employ coal in the smelting of tin in 1703. The iron ores proved more refractory, 110 substantial anti parmaneat anmmen in smelting them with opal being obtained till near tlho mid- dle of the eighteenth century, when the manufacture of charcoal iron had dwindled to very small proportions—in feet, was dy. ing out for want of fuel. It then at le:gth became an accomplished fact at Coalbrook• dale Iron Works in Shropshire, Tho success was at first ascribed to the Shropshire ooal, but probably the etnployment of a strong blast had agreat deal to ado with it. From this the coal became the life of the iron manufacture,—[Contemporary Review. Gun and Tinder -Box Flints. The oldest indnstry in Groat Britain— older it could hardly be, for its existence has been traced back to the pre•hiotoria stone ago—is still being carried on at the village of Brandon, on the borders of Nor folk and Suffolk, and is reported to be in a flourishing condition. It is a manufactory of gun and tinderbox flints. Prom an fm Wresting amount of it, it appears that there is no regular flint factory, but the work is clonealn little sheds, often at the back of tho townfolk's oottages, It will naturally be tusked who wants tinct r•box Clift s and guns (lints itt these clays of phosphorous matches and Martini•I•Tonrys? The answer to the first a eoetien is that there is it good trade in tlnIer'bax !lints with Spain and It- ely, whore the tntder•box still keeps its ground in vary rural districts. Trovc(lers in uncivilized regions, moreover, find flint and steel morn trustworthy than snatches, • whicharo useless trier they have absorbed moisture. Gun flints, on the other hand, go mostly to the wild parts ofAfrimt, where our "'Risme Bass," sold by auction long tip for what flint tnnskl[s wnnll fetch, 1, a found, it $ones, her last refuge, Rapid Br o'tthing as a Remedy. About fifteen yea, age 111 tiny Lenora 1trayon of the British arms' "1100) sutl'ere especially at eight, from a saver.. pain i the regio, of this heart. 1ie bclii Yid 1 eased M. •t ha i• we ht t l air 5 breathe, .lout r,ih meet, gr tins race from the ground in the morning, and remain at a high ;thit ode mail night toughie toapproaeh, and then they descend, The et"nt dangerous air I Dien, is the very early' morning, lowingu and night a'r, whit,' that o1 midday is u tolerably eke,.. of tali pO,i'n11atta germ.. sited imuh0d 11 ate soon of ',tette disease.. ,about that thee certain of hi• experiences in lle ntr'uitains of dud.a 1 1 htt,l to think that his host pain "tight La due to instil'. deceit ON) gemnlion of the blood, lie )her•• tofu tried to relieve it fry breathing rapid- ly—at the rate of about forty breaths a 111111ute, ltia few tremolo; the 101111 emend and did net future that flight. After that, he says he always resorted t ihohanle expe,licut, and invadable wit sncceas. As time went on the pain becant not only less free ucut but lass severe, an 11, rapid breathilag prevents its arrival a Mot unity, Ile thereupon livings tomer(' many in. tunees in support of his belief that some of the advantages of moderate exercise are to be gained by simply breathing rapidly. Rapid breathing lean affect of exercise, and this is beneficial because the rapid breath. iug gives the blood plenty of oxygen. Invalids or others who cannot take oxen.else can obtain some of its good effects by deliberately pawing much pen air through the lunge, Rapid In'eathing is particularly helpfuliu =see of sleeplessness and restless- ness. The air must of Bourse be pure, else rapid breathing can have no good effects, IAuudreds of thousands attribute disease to themselves when nothing is wrong except their habit of breathing stir impure from m• tobacco smoke, gas•buing, or simply from a Lack of ventilation. Impure air makes impure blood and im- pure (lash. Thus those who consume such air fall quickly into and before disease. They cannot endure an open window or (loot. because they feel cold, this sense of coldness being in many cases simply a symptom that the blood has boon vitiated by the breathing of poisonous air. To breathe ate laden with human exhala- tions is not a whit more sensible, as General Drayson observes, than to drink liquid sewage for a beverage.— ENGLAND TAKES UGANDA• �h 1/111.1111.1.N 11 evelerlot',tle and Enlisthnata'S Ilhl Sa n Innese Soldier„ was 0 reported a few clays ago that on April 1 thtl East Alden, Company haled dolt-" its flag in 1 gtodta, mat Sit' Getell o Penial, ax to resentalire of the Lutsslh It Got•amomeet, Imaged the union jaelt and e proelaiuted an imperial protectorate over ,l the cottt0t•y, She could sot Milord to data. now, if there IS t rs slightest unbeaten' to f l age lief• lsre01igo 115 10 colonizing pw oer Ly t reheating from, this comers,. ry, Moreover, it is not t5 her 1eterost in a material sense to abandon Uganda, for, though the ;out) try may hag continue to be a drain upon the treasury, it lots great 515550nts et growth, /mud all white non who have been there say chat after the completion of the t'ailtoad from the coact it may he 111010 a profitable colony. Capt. Mactlonaid has been appointed British Resident of Kampala, on the north coast of Victoria Nytmztt, near the capital of Ring Marengo. Portal did not find it necessary to enter into negotiations with the ruler of Uganda, as the British Gov- ernment has succeeded to the lights which were obtained by treaty from the King and Itis conncillors by th3 British blast Africa Company. Treaty slaking in Uganda is quite different from treaty making with most African chiefs. Uganda is not quite a savage laud, but has long enjoyed an in- fant civilization, The .King and chiefs thoroughly understand the nature of a written contract, and they considernothiu( definitely binding till it is written donate \lost of them are able to write, When they "made their treaty with the British E,at Africe. Company every clause teas dis- cussed in all its bearings., words were al. tared, and the white men were astonished at the keenness displayed by the natives in fosato tin u the bearing which every atipale- tion Would have upon their cnnntry and ire people. The rights which the whites l,nve: acquired, therefore, it L'gandn, are a nat- ter of record, attested by the King's mark, fur the young potentate cannot write, and by the signatures of ifs principal chiefs, One important gneatioo which confronted Sir (Weald Portal when he hoisted the union jack was what would be done with the many hundreds of 'onlaeseao hoops, the vestiges of lsmiu's force, who had been brought int. .'_much by Capt, Lugnrd, act- ing in behalf of the British Beat Africa Company. They were at element of dan- ger unless they could be made tie employees of time British Government. Two pear.e ago Capt. Looped found theseSoudaneso near the south of Albert Nyanza. He induced them to travel almost due south to Torn, where he built five forts between Albert Lake and Lake Albert Edward. The army he inetalled iu these five forts numbered, with their wom- en and children, over 8,000 souls. Ile built the forts in order to protect the north- western border of Uganda from the inroads of hostile Kabarega, the powerful ruler of Unyoro, and while guarding this border he would also prevent the subjects of Kabarege. front raiding along the shores of Albert Edward, where they had been capturing many hundreds of slaves. Its these forts Portal found the Sm elanose still forming a bulwark against the hostile natives to the northeast. He decided tv abandon the two stoat northern forts and increase aha garrisons of the other straug- holds. So he has taken all the Soitd aneso into the service of the British Government, and they will continue to form the protec- tion of a part of the Uganda frontier. Largo deta0hments of the Soadanese have been transferred to Kampala, where they will be suhjeot to time orders of the British Resident, They aro strong enough to in- timidate the King and his councillors should they Meditate any resistance to the British, The establishment of British rale in Uganda will doubtless prove a blessing to the country, The natives are dividend into Catholic, Protestant and heathen parties, whose Neatieisnl has been so wrought upon by their religious teachers that they are al. ntostat sword points. It wouidrequireoniy the removal of the superior power now con• trolling thein to plunge the country into the worst phases of civil war and anarchy, But the proud kingdom of Uganda Lae reached its end. Tile King will remain on his throne only if he consents to bun willing tool in the halide of the British. The dynasty that has ruled the country stouo the clays of Queen Elizabeth has been de. priced of its power, and Mwanga, the last of the royal line, fa now a king in little more than name. It is little wonder that he and his aalvis- ers a few years ago undertook with fire and sword to 1501 nut the European iul1nssoss that were getting 0 foothold in their coun- try. They asserted then that the ntiaoion• cries and other whites were merely the open. ing wedge, and that the days of Uganda's independence were numbered unless the whites were turned out Cirounefanoea were too much for then, and, in spite of )110 terrible persecutions that raged against the Europeans told their native converts, the potter of the intruders has constantly mot's) sad, and 11055' Uganda is a mere de- pendency, and will become more and more ootnpletely dominated by foreigners. Using Ice in Summer. The use of ice hi summer should be reg. luted by good common sense based upon 0 knowledge 01 the lairs of health, and then the annual amount of sickness and possible death from the free use of ice would be greatly reduced. It may not be generally known that ice con be used in such a way as to ghee hatter results than drttlga, and that in many instances it is one of the best antioholera medicines that we hove. It is not likely that there will be an extra con- anmptfot of ice thin summer on account of this Asiatic disease, but it is really a well- established fact that cracked leo is of great service in cholera and general summer com- plaints. But on the other hand injudiciously taken into the stomach there's nothing that s so likely to bring on summer complaints as Ise, nor nothing so good as ice to bring the system into such a condition that cholera can easily take possession. The simple remedy is to adopt a constant diet of cracked iso, and place hot poultices on the stomach, and hot water bottles at the feet. More oases of cholera, cholera morbus, and other kindred complaints have been cured in this way than by drags. Craokad ice taken internally is very different from, drinking ioe water. A little cranked ice stimulates the nerves of the mouth and throat, and often sharpens e poor appetite, and it does not flood nor chill the stomach with cold water. A bag of cracked ice placed at the base of the brain or upon the feverish brow- on a warm day, will fre- quently relieve a headaohe that nothing else seems to touch, Tempt the appetite. on a hot day by sprinkling little bite of cranked in on the broiled chicken, meats, salads, and such food. It will rho no harm, and possibly great good will beannomplish- el by stimulating the appetite. Modern Heating Inventions. Of late years numerous inventions for heating rooms without Cho use of chimney's and stove pipes have been placed upon the market, and many are deluded into the be- lief that this can be an accomplished fact without giving any injury to the occepauts of the room. In the summer time many of those oil, gas, and carbonite stoves can be utilized very well for cocking putposes,far the doors and windows are generally left open. They are on hot days inventions of value, for they cause less heat than wood or ooal stoves, and they two so portable that they can be easily carried out of the house, But for heating purposes all of these inven- tions should be rigidly condemned by law. Combustion of any sort, whether it be of gas, coal, wood, oil, or any other subst0noe, natural or artificial, must produce dangerous gases and that unless there is a place for them to escape they will soon fila the rooms attd injure those who breathe them. This cannot' be avoided ex- oept by having Stoves with chimneys and lines through which these gases escape. 1\'Milo the uewlyinventetl stores may give out some heat, and appear to be very con• venieut, it must be remembered that they are dangerous enemies that we aro intro. clueing into the house. They can only be used In a room whore the window is partly up so that the gases can constantly eaeepe, and fresh air can be circulating in, Ail that one has to d, to contnit oolohle is to light one of these stoves 10 time bedroom, close doors and windows, and then go to bed. By morning ire wil meed no stove for warming purposes, The Hygiene of the Air. That the air is full of poisonous germs and microbes la evidoneed by the analysis of rain and snow that have been collected as soon as it dropped to the earth. In its passage through the air it °effected the impurities contained therein. The air is the purest right after a heavysnowstsrtn, or a severe thunderstorm, when the rale has fallen in torrents. The germs are then beaten down to the earth, and It takes some time for them to rise aerie, But why, it is often asked, is ft bad for those susceptible to malaria to go out into the damp air shortly after a storrn in warm weather? It is simply because the germs are beaten down to the earth, end as they begin to rise im• tnodlatel y a sin theyfill the lows't laer of air for the first few hours, There, Coro, while the air in general is purer right after a heavy shower, it is really more threatening to our health than before ldofos the rain the nmltitu le of bacteria, were floating high up in the air, and many of theta were beyond the reach of our hags. So, too, often, a heavy wind will "take the t' r air more p,1s molts than a 0111101 nue. The upward amd dowewa'd nluvcmaut of the air mixes the lu.}•era up, and often diesea the maw, toward the earth to escape the tried, Other gouts that are lying on or etese t•, the o.uth will be ewrptup and • Where a Road Maohine is Not Benedulal Thew are places where a road scrape', by making and rounding the rend and letting off the water, makes through most of the year a very fait' road—good enough; in back places and over some of our hills it answers every purpose. Then there another places whore a road scraper makes a road that an - ewers fairly well for a month or two or three months, or something of that kind ; but at other seasons of the year you might just abort as well arrange some sort of a scow to get through there. In 0 plane of that kind a road•seraper is absolutely not only of no use, bet is a damage, because When a town has got one they will go Duel the toads in the spring of the year and whenever there comes a muddy time during the year the mud is stirred up• Where I live I wouldn't give anything for a road. scraper, The sides of our road are much or mud or cued co the case may be. When we sera he into the road invorimbly mad or sand. Hot Weather Advioe. People accustomed to the use of aloo• Kollo beverages should beware of the dog in well weather as this especially. It is cat• geroesly flet under thmosfavourable bodily eonditdone, and alcohol is a 11 enter of the blvd. Light, cool, soothing pabulum in nmderate doves is a help to the stmua011 and thesystr•m generally, but no sensible !totem will ase anything with alcohol in it if he ct-'.s u, 01g1,1 prostration micd stn• stroke,